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THE FOX SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

INTERNATIONAL

MBAPARIS • MUMBAI • TOKYOP H I L A D E L P H I A

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Learning in Action


Accept the challenge. Invite the

adventure. One year. Three nations.

Experience the world through The

Fox School’s International MBA.

You want to develop the strategic vision and managerial skills

needed to lead in today’s global marketplace. A traditional plan

won’t suffice. This full-time, intensive, one-year program offers

unparalleled exposure through:

• An innovative, sequential curriculum responsive to the pace of global change.

• Cultural immersion in the world’s most influential commercial urban

centers – with programs in Philadelphia, Tokyo, Paris and Mumbai.

• Hands-on, international management consulting experience with direct

application of theories and concepts from the classroom.

• Personal engagement with business leaders in each location through coordi-

nated corporate visits, seminars and mentor meetings.

• Dynamic courses taught in English by internationally renowned faculty.

IMBA students learn what it takes to become tomorrow’s

international business leaders and gain the real-world

experience that today’s multinational companies demand.

Realize your global leadership potential throughp 2


Realize your global leadership potential through three rigorous academic experiencesthat expose you to the international market-place. Join a diverse, talented cohort and studyat one of our world-class partner schools ineither France or India. Advance to the UnitedStates for the second semester of the program,where both groups continue with collaborativestudies at Temple University in Philadelphia.Then pursue the final immersion experience inTokyo at Temple University Japan.

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“Studying on three continents, meeting with senior-level industry

contacts and working on a consulting project with real clients

were incredible experiences. The perspectives you acquire

make you flexible and ready to take advantage of

opportunities anywhere in the world.”

Roberto Ranucci

Consultant, Accenture

Rome, ItalyInternational MBA Class of 2004

(Paris-Philadelphia-Tokyo sequence)

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The World is Your Campus


Fall Term

Paris or Mumbai

Spring Term

Philadelphia

Summer Term

Tokyo

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International MBA Program Sequence

Sept-Dec Jan-June July


Fall Semester: Launch your MBA in either France or India

Paris, France

Immerse yourself in the heart of this globally influential economic, political

and cultural metropolis. Gain firsthand access to French and European busi-

ness practices; learn about the foundations of international business and

trends within the European Union; and network with Paris-based global

organizations. Courses are taught in English by our partner institution, The

School of International Management of the École Nationale des Ponts et

Chaussées (ENPC), a member of the prestigious Grands Écoles system. The

ENPC MBA is consistently ranked among the top five MBA programs in

France, and provides a diverse MBA learning community for students who

want to immerse themselves in a European experience. Through this dual-

degree sequence, earn an MBA from both ENPC’s School of International

Management and Temple University’s Fox School of Business and

Management, and expand your opportunities to build a global network.

Mumbai (Bombay), India

Gain extensive exposure to this hub of Indian commerce, one of the most

dynamic markets of the new millennium. As you build your core knowledge

about global business practices, you’ll be living and studying in an emerg-

ing, competitive market that is driving global change. Explore the influences

in Mumbai of ancient Indian culture as well as revolutionary technology and

manufacturing trends. Classes are conducted in English by our partner

institution, The Welingkar Institute of Management Development and

Research, known throughout India as a premier business school. With its

state-of-the-art facilities in the heart of Mumbai and its successful alumni

throughout India, studying at Welingkar will provide the exposure and con-

nections for a dynamic immersion experience.

Spring Semester

Philadelphia, United States of America

Advance to Philadelphia, a metropolitan region where dozens of multina-

tional companies maintain their headquarters. Learn about business trends

that drive the renowned New York-Philadelphia-Washington business corri-

dor. Spend six months providing strategic consulting to overseas clients, col-

laborating on MBA teams with Fox faculty. Present at the annual Temple

University International Venture Fair and drive global entrepreneurship by

helping a business grow across borders. Classes are held at Temple

University’s Graduate Business Center, in the heart of Philadelphia’s busi-

ness district. Temple University’s Fox School of Business and Management

is one of the largest, most influential business schools in the United States,

and is renowned for the intellectual capital of its faculty, its innovative pro-

gramming and its extensive global reach.

Summer Semester

Tokyo, Japan

Culminate your IMBA experience in the sophisticated, developed economy of

Tokyo, a city that has the vision and resources to shape Asia’s future. At

Temple University Japan (TUJ), in an intensive, one-month combination of

seminars and corporate site visits, you’ll gain significant exposure to

Japanese business and culture, meeting with senior executives from both

Japanese and multinational firms, and with representatives of trade groups

and embassies. Founded in 1982, TUJ is the oldest and largest American

university in Japan, with more than 1,300 students in both undergraduate

and graduate programs. By exposing you to a high-powered group of indus-

try and government contacts, TUJ will provide you with a powerful network

of industry leaders, including alumni from The Fox School’s globally ranked

Executive MBA Program in Tokyo.

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“The IMBA experience has prepared me for a career in global marketing. The

real-life, real-time application of academics, in both my consulting project and my

internship in Japan allowed me to advance my career while studying – rather than

putting my career on hold for two years. The immersion in European and Asian

business cultures and the opportunity to work on a cross-border consulting project

have made me a better manager, and given me a broader skill set and a unique

appreciation for other cultures. When deciding on schools and programs many

MBA candidates calculate the anticipated return on investment. The IMBA program

has provided me with a substantial return financially, however the real value is dif-

ficult to calculate since the sum of your experiences is continually earning interest.”

Rory J. Wilson, USA

Marketing Manager, Business & Finance Practice

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

International MBA Class of 2002(Paris-Philadelphia-Tokyo sequence)

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Global Exposure. Entrepreneurial Experience.


Beyond the Classroom

Through the IMBA’s co-curricular component, which includes company visits in

each city, you will achieve global awareness of industry trends, corporate cul-

tures and career opportunities. Through these visits, you will frequently interact

with industry leaders. Each visit will focus on a different topic, ranging across

business disciplines and industries, from global brand management in Paris and

production operations in India, to management practices in Japan and venture

capital fund sourcing in the U.S.

Also, through The Fox School’s many centers and its powerful network of part-

ner organizations, you can participate in a wide range of extracurricular events,

seminars and conferences. A sample of Fox School and other organizations that

support the IMBA experience include:

At The Fox School:

• Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER)

• Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute

• Institute of Global Management Studies

• MBA & MS Student Association

• The Fox School Alumni Association

Other Organizations:

• American Chamber of Commerce in Japan

• French-American Chamber of Commerce

• German-American Chamber of Commerce

• Global Indian Chamber of Commerce

• Global Interdependence Center

• Greater Philadelphia Global Partners

• Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia

• World Affairs Council

• World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia

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Global Entrepreneurship inTechnology (GET)Through the award-winning Global Entrepreneurship in Technology (GET)

practicum, you’ll gain expertise consulting for a company in a high-growth

industry. Applying the theory and concepts you learn in class, you’ll develop

plans for introducing innovative market solutions for new technologies or

services to global markets. In the process, you’ll gain an intensive, hands-on,

cross-cultural management consulting experience supported by faculty who

have significant consulting expertise.

IMBA student teams develop their professional-grade strategic plans over a six-

month period as they engage clients, mentors and business leaders. GET clients

come from companies in India, Ireland, Israel, Russia, France, the U.K. and the

U.S., typically from industry growth sectors, such as biotechnology,

pharmaceuticals, software and IT, manufacturing, consulting, financial services,

healthcare management and life sciences.

Student teams present their business plans and pitch to investors on behalf of

their clients at the annual Temple University International Venture Fair, held at

the end of the annual GET project.


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"Through the GET consulting project I was able to witness global business

development, and support an emerging company as it grew across new borders.

Our IMBA team was assigned to an Irish start-up company in the crisis

management industry and made strategic recommendations through our

GET business plan. The client has since become incorporated in the U.S. and

moved its headquarters to New York City. Since graduation, I have been working

with this company in a full-time position and I am now working closely with our

first major international client. The Fox International MBA Program and

the GET consulting project provided me with invaluable opportunities

for my career development and growth.

Lincy Chacko, USA

RiskForce

International MBA Class of 2003(Mumbai-Philadelphia-Tokyo sequence)


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Gain Global Business Acumen and Corporate Connections

Integrated Curriculum. The IMBA will expose you to a wide range of business theories,

trends and practices. Your skills will grow through the international perspective

woven into each course, and through exposure to banking and corporate finance,

strategic decision-making and management, valuation, entrepreneurship, information

technology, consulting, marketing, risk management, international law and ethics.

Professional Networks. Engage the corporate community in each city through

company site visits and executive speakers in the classroom. Throughout the

program, access to local business leaders will keep you in touch with key business

trends, such as outsourcing and global brand management, and enable you to interact

with diverse and extensive contacts from companies such as:


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3M • Abbott Laboratories • Accenture • Advanta • AIG

American Express • AOL Time Warner, UK • Aventis

Avon Products, Inc. • Beacon Communications • Bearing

Point • Ben Franklin Technology PArtners • Bloomberg

LP • Carrefour International • Celestica • CNBC Mumbai

Coca Cola • Dell • Deloitte • Deutsche Bank • Ernst &

Young • Gartner Europe • GeoPost Logistics

GlaxoSmithKline • Green Choice Energy, Ltd. • HSBC Corp. • IBM Business Consulting Services

Infosys Japan • InLingua • Innovation Philadelphia • Japan External Trade Organization • KAO

Corporation • KPMG International • Lloyds Bank • L’Oreal • Malaysia Telecom • Merck & Co., Inc.

Microsoft • Nestle Taiwan • Neutrogena, J&J • Nortel Networks • Oracle Financials • Pfizer Inc.

Planalytics • PriceWaterhouseCoopers • Rohm and Haas • State Street Japan • Siemens India

Subaru of America • Sun Microsystems • Symantec • Unilever • The World Bank

Wachovia Corporation

Gillian Lankford, Marketing and E-business (IMBA 2002)

with Scott Mogren, V.P., HR Subaru of America


Global Destinations


The Fox Network Alumni around the globe.

n You’ll have the opportunity to interact with a network of IMBA alumni,

living and working worldwide. Over 200 students have completed this

program and IMBA students have come from over 40 nations of origin.

n Serving as a catalyst for career change or career progression, the IMBA

program provides a set of skills that you can apply to a multitude of career

paths. Graduates have moved into various sectors of the global economy,

including: marketing, consulting, financial services and business develop-

ment. Alumni are leading business growth worldwide, from Seattle to Hanoi

and from Athens to Shanghai. Many IMBA alumni have acquired high-level

positions in globally recognized multinational companies, including:

• AIG, New York, USA

• AOL Time Warner, London, United Kingdom

• Bain & Company, Munich, Germany

• Bloomberg L.P., Mumbai, India

• Deloitte, Düsseldorf, Germany

• Deutsche Bank, New York, USA

• Gartner Europe, Surrey, United Kingdom

• Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, Korea

• IBM Software Group, Paris, France

• Johnson & Johnson, Taipei, Taiwan

• KPMG, Nairobi, Kenya

• Rohm and Haas, Philadelphia, USA

• Technology Partnerships, Ottawa, Canada

• Unilever, Hamburg, Germany

n IMBA alumni can tap into our greater Fox School alumni network of more

than 45,000 graduates. The resources of the Fox Alumni Association and the

Temple University Alumni Network add connections and ongoing value

for graduates.

The Fox IMBA Cohort Experience

Travel the world and develop team-based business skills in an intimate

cohort of about 30 to 35 students. The small size of the cohort will enable

you to develop close connections with students and faculty and you’ll ben-

efit from strong staff support, culturally diverse professors, a multicultural

student group and the potential for lifelong global friendships.

Graduate Career Management

Work closely with Fox’s Graduate Career Management Center (GCMC) to

create a customized Career Management Blueprint that will enable you to

achieve your career goals. The GCMC will assist you in securing and

preparing for your post-MBA career and provide you with opportunities to

network, meet and interview with top employers.

“The IMBA is always a great topic for job interviews. I have

never met anyone who was not impressed with this

program’s unique value proposition. Time and again, it has

given my career a competitive advantage. For example,

during my work in management consulting I have benefited

from insights that I gained during the Fox IMBA.”

Tobias Umbeck

Bain & Company

Munich, GermanyInternational MBA Class of 2000

(Paris-Philadelphia-Tokyo sequence)

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The Fox Faculty

n One of the major reasons The Fox School is a top-ranked global business

institution is the faculty that teach here. You’ll learn from an inter-

nationally recognized faculty, cited among the top one percent of

researchers worldwide in the fields of business and economics by the

Institute for Scientific Information’s Essential Science Indicators.

n Courses are taught in English by a diverse group of faculty, all of whom

have extensive experience working with international firms, often

serving as consultants through their own research projects.

n Fox professors will engage and challenge you to not only think and learn,

but to experience international business and learn its implications in

various disciplines and industries. Faculty will guide your work on case

studies, team presentations, primary research, individual projects and

on the annual consulting practicum, which brings everything together in

a real-time application.

Scholarships, Financial Aid andStudent EmploymentThe Fox School of Business and Management recognizes outstanding

educational achievement by awarding tuition scholarships and student

employment opportunities to some highly qualified full-time applicants.

These competitive awards are merit-based, primarily on GMAT total score,

undergraduate GPA and a holistic review of a candidate’s portfolio. The Fox

School Graduate Admission Committee selects award recipients and notifies

them soon after an admission decision is made. No additional application

or form is required for application for scholarship consideration. Students can

finance the IMBA or supplement their scholarship support with either

traditional MBA loan programs (such as Stafford loans in the U.S.) or

supplemental bank loans from regional lenders.

VisasOur partner schools support your visas to France or India and Japan, while

Temple University’s Office of International Services provides all requisite

documentation and support for your U.S. visa. In more than 10 years of

operation, 100 percent of our students have been able to secure visas for the

full completion of the IMBA sequence. In each progam location, we have

working relationships with consular offices.

AdmissionsThe International MBA cohort is selected through a rolling admissions

process. Space is limited for the fall start date, so we encourage candi-

dates to apply in the winter or early spring for fall admission. A formal

interview is required, either by phone or in person. The committee makes

admissions decisions only after all required credentials are received and

a formal interview is conducted.

Visit us on the web at www.fox.temple.edu/imba for

more detailed information about admissions requirements.

“In the Global Entrepreneurship in

Technology (GET) practicum, student

teams work with faculty, industry mentors

and client CEOs to develop market-entry

strategies, evaluate cross-border mergers

or acquisitions, and build new businesses

and products for international markets.

This experience prepares students to hit

the ground running with a global career

when they graduate.”

TL Hill

Faculty Manager – Global

Entrepreneurship in Technology (GET)

Consulting Practicum

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Fox School Rankings

U.S. News & World Report, 2005Graduate Programs:•• International Business Graduate Programs,

Top 20 in the Nation• MBA in Healthcare Management,

Top 35 in the Nation

• Full-Time MBA Programs: Top 60 in the Nation

Undergraduate Programs:• International Business Undergraduate

Programs, Top 20 in the Nation

• Undergraduate Business Programs,

Top 100 in the Nation

Financial Times, 2005MBA• #1 Value in the U.S.

• #2 in Career Progression in the U.S.

• #2 in International Mobility in the U.S.

• #3 in International Experience

• Top 50 MBA Programs in the U.S.

• Top 75 MBA Programs in the World

Executive MBA• Top 50 in the World

• Top 20 in the Nation

• Top 10 in Financial Salaries of Graduates

Forbes, 2005 • Top 75 Business Schools in the World

Princeton Review & Forbes, 2004• Top 25 Entrepreneurial Schools in the Nation

• Top 5 Most Wired Campus in the Nation

Entrepreneur Magazine, 2005Entrepreneurship Programs:• Top 30 in the Nation

Business School Research Ranking:• 62nd in the Nation

Institute for Scientific InformationEssential Science Indicators:• Top 1% of institutions worldwide cited for

research in the field of business and economics

Center for International Business Education andResearch (CIBER)Temple University's Fox School is one of only 30

schools/universities in the nation awarded a $1.2

million CIBER grant from the U.S. Department of

Education

Eastern Technology Council 2001 Enterprise AwardEducational Program of the Year for graduate and

undergraduate information technology programs

North American Small Business International Trade Educators Program Excellence Award(NASBITE), 2002

Awarded to The Fox School's Global

Entrepreneurship in Technology (GET)

Consulting Practicum for uniqueness, strengthand quality of program, benefits to program

participants, and strategic alliances and partner-

ships formed.

Computerworld2005 100 Best Places to Work in ITTemple University

2004 Premier 100 IT LeadersTimothy O’Rourke, Vice President, Computer

Services and Fox School Faculty

2002 Premier 100 IT LeadersJohn DeAngelo, Associate Dean for

Information Technology

Philadelphia Business Journal40 Under 40 Award2004 - Debbie Avery, Assistant Dean for

Undergraduate Programs

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“I encourage you to discover the many exciting benefits The Fox School’s IMBA provides: quality, student-centered education and

professional development; a truly international presence, program and curriculum; courses that genuinely reflect a global perspective;

professional experience through the GET Consulting Practicum; and strong ties with the business community worldwide.”

M. Moshe Porat, Fox School Dean2001 International Dean of the Year – Academy of International Business

2002 Adam Smith Leadership Award for Academic Excellence and Educational Leadership

Recognized Around the Globe for Excellence

Photography: Tommy Leonardi pages 1, 3, 7, 9 (top left, top right, bottom right), 11, 13, back cover; Lisa Godfrey pages 9 (bottom left), 10, 16;Additional photography supplied courtesy of Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau and Greater Philadelphia Tourism and Marketing Corporation.


Contact Us

For more information on

The Fox School’s IMBA program please contact:

William McDonald

Director

International MBA Program

Voice: 215.204.1184

Fax: 215.204.8300

[email protected]

Or visit us on the web at:

www.fox.temple.edu/imba

Fox Facts & Figures Established in 1918 • One of the largest, most comprehensive business schools in the U.S. and the largest in

Philadelphia • Programs in Rome, Tokyo, Paris and Mumbai • Recognized for excellence around the globe • Over 5,500 students •

154 full-time faculty • 45,000 alumni • AACSB International Accredited


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